DreamWeaver's Quilts Quilt Epiphany Weblog

Consider the inspirational value of a piece with lovingly hand carved details. While I was at the new antiques shop, I spied this beautiful piece, and had to go back with my camera to capture the feathery flourishes and interesting designs. I looked at this piece in the shop, and all I saw were the [...]

The only thing that makes a Saturday morning visit to Ikea slightly more inviting than something like oral surgery is the lack of a strictly soft diet for a week afterward, but it is indeed a near thing. Saturday morning at the local Ikea is the stuff of nightmares: no place to park that isn’t [...]

My quilting room/studio area gets smaller every day, it seems. I fondly remember the days when my kids would leave the house at 7:30 a.m. to get on the bus for school, and wouldn’t be back until 3:45 in the afternoon. Talk about productivity! I had my own room for all my quilting stuff, and [...]

I’ll be teaching Machine Quilting Master the Basics online at Quilt Campus starting Saturday, 8 September. The class is the same as I usually teach for quilt shops and groups, just reformatted for online learning. You’ll communicate with other students (and with me!), share questions, comments and pictures through the class forum. Find out more [...]

Way back when (like 10 years ago), some members of the Black Forest Quilters banded together to do an Around the Block Round Robin quilt swap, with guidance from Round Robin Quilts: Friendship Quilts of the 90s and Beyond. My quilt is finally finished as of today, and I mean really finished, with the label, [...]